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NM man sentenced to jail for death of Pa. cyclist

By The Associated Press

Posted:
02/05/2013 08:28:05 AM MST

ALBUQUERQUE - A tribal judge in New Mexico has sentenced a man to 182 days in jail for a fatal accident that killed a university student who was bicycling across the United States to raise money for breast cancer research.

Pueblo of Laguna Judge Peggy Bird says 58-year-old Gilbert Waconda's statements of remorse fall short of answering for the pain he caused the family of John Anczarski of Ringtown, Pa.

The 19-year-old University of Colorado at Boulder student was struck and killed on Old Route 66 near Laguna in June 2010.

The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/12pNvRb ) reports that Waconda pleaded guilty in October to negligent homicide for veering out of his lane.